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Silver 5 Asses Owl series I: facing left

Features

Issuer Populonia (Etruria)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 301 BC - 206 BC
Value 5 Asses
Currency As (circa 475-201 BC)
Composition Silver
Weight 1.78 g
Diameter 14 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
178543
References Vecchi III# 53
Italo Vecchi; 1992. “The Coinage of the Rasna: A Study in Etruscan Numismatics. Part III”, Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau = Revue Suisse de Numismatique = Rivista Svizzera di Numismatica (Swiss Numismatic Review), Volume 71.
, HN Italy# 225
Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
, EC 1# 94
Italo Vecchi; 2012. Etruscan Coinage / Volume 4: Part 1. A corpus of the struck coinage of the Rasna, together with an historical and economic commentary on the issues (gold, silver and bronze) from the mints of Cosa, Luca, Pisae, Populonia, uncertain cenral Etruria, Vetulonia, Volsinii, Vulci, and unid. Edizioni Ennerre, Milan, Italy.
, SambonArt# 32
Arthur Sambon; 1903. Les monnaies antiques de l’Italie. Bureaux du "Musée", Paris, France.
, Vicari# 9
Fabio Vicari; 1991. Materiali e considerazioni per uno studio organico della monetazione etrusca = Materials and considerations for an organic study of Etruscan coinage. Società Numismatica Italiana, Milan, Italy.
, HGC 1# 135
Oliver D. Hoover; 2018. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia / Volume 1: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Owl facing left with value in front.

Lettering: V

Translation: 5

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Plain

Mint

Populonia, Etruria, Italy

Comments

Five examples are known, with only three being in private collections.

There has been much controversy on dating Populonian coins, and as such, the date ranges my vary per source.

The first Owl series was struck using Populonia's fourth silver standard, which is equal to the third silver standard except with the weights of all denomination being halved.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (301 BC - 206 BC)  Photo $ 5200 Only 5 examples known

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Silver 5 Asses (Owl series I: facing left)
Roma Numismatics
Auction XXVIII
Lot 63
Internet Archive
5 Jul 2023 XF USD 5070.34
(GBP 3800.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Silver 5 Asses (Owl series I: facing left)
Roma Numismatics
Auction 10
Lot 62
Internet Archive
27 Sep 2015 XF USD 2134.88
(GBP 1600.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Silver 5 Asses (Owl series I: facing left)
Roma Numismatics
Auction 10
Lot 61
Internet Archive
27 Sep 2015 XF USD 2935.46
(GBP 2200.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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